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Ok, don't take the plot too seriously but overall it is better than anything the UK is turning out these days. If you like Scandi drama, then you should like this.

The casting is quite ok for the series, so that is a plus. The story for the first season is doing way more twists than the one for the second season, which seems to crumble under the burden of the message concerning the civil war in Syria. What is a bit sad about the production is that despite the international setup of the team, they never use the local language with subtitles. There are no communication issues between any members of the international team, nor are there any cultural differences leading to problems. Now the second season is a mess, since that season wants to unwrap all the issues related with the civil war in Syria - including the IS (in the series called caliphate union), cultural heritage, torture and the funding of terrorism. What was the worst is that more than once the members of the team go off by their own and endanger their lives. Also when they are going to arrest people, they never seem to be able to secure the back of a building as well, which makes the premise of an international team of top police people a ridiculous premise.

Two episodes into season #2 I was fast forwarding constantly because I found it dragging horribly ... but was curious about the outcome. Sometimes it's hard to look away from a car crash as they say ...and season #2 was certainly that. Awfully cliched characters and some pretty hard to believe police procedural work.

For decades, following the fall of Iron Curtain and fast development of technology, felonies and combating them have become more international as well, money laundry and human trafficking included. Thus, on one hand, it is interesting to follow diverse beautiful places and characters of different nationalities performed by respective actors speaking respective languages, but when the series of eight 1-hour episodes deals with one "enemy", then the plot becomes perfunctory and the role of leading characters unbalanced, with some obtaining too much unnecessary attention and the others' characteristics remain unfinished, with several questions unanswered.

The police characters are obviously realistic, but often not too interesting to follow, and even Lars Mikkelsen is unable to show his talent in full. Plus it is odd that Alexandra Rapaport had so insignificant character. And Jasmin Gerat as Jackie Müller and Veerle Baetens as Alicia Verbeeck provided just okay, but not memorable performance, and those depicting Lithuanians were not particularly catchy, somehow underlining the role of Eastern European villains. Plus, of course, Belgium as a symbol of negligence and corruption...

All in all, not a bad creation, but not on the level of e.g. The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey ("Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé).

OK, it isn't Borgen, The Killing or The Bridge, nor even as good as Salamander. I had pretty high expectations and it just about met them despite considerable adversity: 1. the program had Danish subtitles which is of no use to me 2. the main languages employed are Danish, Flemish and German - none of which I understand. There is a bit of French but I only get a bit of that. Some Lithuanian 3. when the Team (detectives from Denmark, Belgium and Germany) and also the bad guys speak to each they often have to use English - Hurrah! 4. my wife was able to interpret most of the German dialogue with a lot of rewinding. Under such circumstances we nearly gave up on this but we persevered and am glad we did so. If you think you can cope with that then give it a go. It has a reasonably good plot with one or two unnecessary red-herrings. It is pretty good in my opinion!

I was a fan of Crossing Lines, another European import running on Netflix, and when I read an introductory blurb on MHz there seemed to be some similarities so I decided to give it a try. Both my wife and I enjoy it. The team of European cops assembled to find what appears to be a serial killer is quite good. While they are supposed to work together there are some internal rivalries and one of the countries seems to have its own hidden agenda which they expect to stay that way.

The episodes are short, one hour each, and the story moves along at a crisp pace. Harald Bjorn, the titular leader of the team, seems to have a past with another member; and she seems to be having some issues of her own with her husband. The subplots don't take anything away from the main story, and provide us with back stories on team members.

There are eight episodes you need to commit to if you want all the pieces to fall into place. The cast seems to be quite good and work together well. I would recommend it as it is so much better than the usual crap we see on American TV. If having to read subtitles is a turn off then you will probably take a pass; but I was amazed at how much of the dialogue was English.

This is one of those dramas, like 'Shetland' and 'Vera' where the location plays like a character. The parts in Austria are gorgeous. The story sort of goes occasionally 'off-piste' like the parts about fatherhood but this killed time nicely.

I note a previous reviewer thought Season 2 was a washout, but I beg to disagree. I had watched Season 1 which I enjoyed and I personally thought Season 2 was absolutely nail biting. I agree that it did disturb me a wee bit that the characters must have been using some sort of time travel device by the way they were in Brussels one minute and Hamburg the next, but it is fiction and did we really want to see all their travel arrangements. During the last episode I was on the edge of my seat. I do hope that they intend to make another season especially if the writer is Jesper Bernt who wrote the second season of Down Below.

Very watchable European cop drama. Lars is just Lars very solid and dependable. I really like the Mary Bach Hansen but not so the Jackie one! Does Lars jump into the sack with Jackie or stay with his wife and newborn, have to watch and see! I shall take a break before trying the second series but from what I have read it basically is different!

A big international crew and a strong earthy feel from the two main characters.

Personally, I tuned in to watch Koen De Bouw whom I had loved in the original Belgian version of Professor T.

Despite being a big noise in his homeland, he has a lesser role here, not appearing until the 22nd minute.

As with the later Red Light series, he plays a Belgian detective investigating prostitutes and trafficking but, so far, this series is far superior.

I am not used to seeing a multitude of languages in a show, having gained a few words of Dutch from the Professor T show and German from many war films.

Unlike British shows, we managed to get through the first episode with no lesbians, gays or too many other minorities filling up more airtime than they would if the real world were reflected.

A great opening to the story.

Hopefully, Koen will be a bit less unkempt in future, ironically telling his boss that she should comb her hair.

Good start.

I've wanted to watch this for a while since I'm a fan of Lars Mikklesen's work and love European crime dramas, and have travelled extensively in Belgium and Germany. The first season has a great plot, fascinating characters, believable plotline (to the degree its possible) and is very enjoyable. The second has some great actors (totally different teams, no story overlap) and some compelling elements but the story is ultimately filled with problematic and questionable decisions which, without revealing too much, leaves it far less of a satisfying watch despite some great dramatic scenes. Watch the first one it's a gripping story in many ways, but think twice about the second. I'd rate the first one 7/10 and the second 5/10. It's still watchable but there are too many moments of "why didn't they...?" to make it a truly believable scenario. I suspect the relative "failure" of the second season would've been why they chose not to continue with this interesting joint venture between the group of Danish, German, Belgian (and Austrian) collaborators on this project.

I typically gravitate towards European crime thrillers but The Team left me cold.

The key reason is the so called team are in fact dispirit groups in different nations, who mostly only come together remotely. Its disconcerting, undermining the possibility of any real group cohesion and chemistry between the cast.

Worse still, this approach makes the story hard to follow, constantly breaking up the flow, as it hops, in jarring fashion, between peace meal teams in different countries and geographic locations.

On the upside the acting is reasonable but I found the characterisations a bit clinical and matter of fact. The story is a good one once you get to grips with it but it takes real effort to follow along.

In summary I wanted to like The Team but the core concept is, in my view, flawed, creating issues I don't feel can really be remedied. 5/10.

Enjoyed both season 1 and 2 The subject matters were well researched and the plots very believable. The cast played their roles well with a few side issues to liven things up. I probably preferred season 1 but both worth while. The crimes resonate today as well

Season 1 was a lurid hot mess, salacious and cliched, with terrible dialogue and characterisations. Season 2 has a new cast and new narrative. It's a vast improvement. Fans of the Danish series The Eagle, from the same team, will not be disappointed in S2.

Jahnke and the whitehaired rich mother of the murdered hooker Maria: their Characters are childisch and play is over the top.

Season 1: Similar to "Bron/The Bridge" in that we have collaboration between several northern European police agencies to solve cross border crimes. Many of the same detective personal issues that seem to be a fixture in detective series, and many of the same crime issues seen as a repeated plot hook across detective movies/series. But, worthy of many stars for the creative twists, subplots, contemporary crimes, international journeys and acting.

Not sure why people are bagging this, I thought season one was quite engaging and enjoyed the filming, the locations, and the relationships. Also some good performances. Yes it was overly convoluted, but far from the lost cause some describe.

Everyone raves about The Killing which I thought was overly long, shamefully awash with red herrings and extraneous content, with a very ordinary highly non credible expose. It was ok but the accolades?

I think a lot of reviewers on here are guilty of copy cat piling on half the time and don't watch things all the way through,and dont listen to plots properly either.

Two is starting well enough, am into ep 4 and cannot understand people's contempt and 1 star scores for this either.

Wtf?

If you arent looking for mind blowing wonderment as apparently some are, and are happy to binge easily not over thinking, just going with the flow, The Team is absolutely fine.

I mean its just a tv show people, not the Meaning of Life. Maybe keep your need for high octane excellence and profundity for that search hey, and mind your words.

People work hard to bring these shows to the screen and on the whole they do a pretty good job and do not deserve words like "pathetic, dont waste your time, utterly ridiculous, do not watch, garbage" etc etc

Disgraceful.

I don't think I can explain how terrible season 2 is. I understand that actors need work but honestly the police procedures are laughable. So many better shows to watch The Bureau, Bridge, Deadwind, bordertown, agent hamilton

Some reviewers have rubbished season 2 but I found them both very good indeed and would watch again. Great storylines in both and casting and directing were fantastic.

No complaints at all !!

I have to agree with other reviewers. The writing and direction is awful. This obvious visually are then stated by one or more of the actors. On discovering a red car at the edge of a wood covered in branches the detectives begin to process the scene a helpful policeman sidles up "It looks like the killer tried to conceal it covering it with branches at the edge of a wood." Is an indication of how patronising this is. It's a good concept but is clumsily handled - giant swastika painted on the lawn "could this be the signature of the killer?" Hmm I wonder? Save yourself the agony there are much better dramas out there.

Season 1 was good enough for me to watch season 2. And to be fair: The actors and the camera crew all did nicely through the second season. The same cannot be said for the writers and the direction. Episode 1 showed some promise, but I should have seen the signs already there. Episodes 2-6 were incredibly sluggish, switching mindlessly from scene to scene, leaping out conclusions and letting the police whirr around like headless chicken, while we were presented with seemingly endless hesitation each time a stupid question was posed. Episode 7-8 tried to rake it all together, and were so full of flaws, stupidity and lack of credibility that I feel like suing the writers and directors. This has been almost 8 hours I will never get back. STAY CLEAR!